"Tony Hutchinson Tony Hutchinson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks;"" he is played by Nick Pickard. Tony first appeared on-screen on 23 October 1995 and is currently the longest serving character in the soap. The character was created by Phil Redmond as one of several main characters for the soap opera. Tony has since been part of various storylines including marriages to Mandy Richardson (Sarah Jayne Dunn), her stepsister Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring) and Diane O'Connor (Alex Fletcher), an affair with married woman Helen Cunningham (Kathryn George), the death of his daughter to sudden"
"Phil Redmond Philip Redmond, (born 10 June 1949) is an English television producer and screenwriter from Huyton, Lancashire. He took the 11-plus and passed it, but attended St Kevin's RC School in Northwood, Kirkby (it became All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby). His mother was a cleaner and his father was a bus driver. He left school with four O-levels and one A-level and trained to become a quantity surveyor. He based his first ideas for ""Grange Hill"" on his time at St Kevin's. He is well known for creating several popular television series such as ""Grange Hill"" (BBC One,"
"the very same week as ""Richmond Hill"" in Australia on Seven Network. The programme featured Phil Redmond, creator of British soap opera ""Brookside"", who argued that the timeslots occupied by 'cheap' Australian soaps could be filled with innovative British soaps and dramas. It is not known whether ""Richmond Hill"" was intended to be a networked primetime series on ITV, but Ten's cancellation of ""Richmond Hill"" resulted in ITV losing interest in the series and its eventual afternoon timeslot meant that it didn't achieve anywhere near the audience figures that ""Neighbours"" achieved in its tea-time slot on BBC 1. Not long"
"he is encouraging a new, practically-orientated, media studies course. In November 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Chester. He was appointed a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to drama. Redmond is Chair of National Museums Liverpool and of the UK City of Culture Independent Advisory Panel. In February 2012, Redmond declared an interest in running for the role of Elected Mayor of Liverpool. Phil Redmond Philip Redmond, (born 10 June 1949) is an English television producer and screenwriter from Huyton, Lancashire. He"
"Waterfront Beat Waterfront Beat is a BBC television police procedural drama series, broadcast between 6 January 1990 and 20 February 1991. The series follows the work of a group of police detectives stationed in the Liverpool docks. The series was created by writer Phil Redmond, famed for his work on Channel 4 soap ""Brookside"". The series was highly regarded as the BBC's first attempt to rival ""The Bill"", following a similar weekly format to the ITV counterpart. A total of sixteen episodes were broadcast over the course of two series. The programme featured a large ensemble cast, with John Ashton,"
"DVD. Waterfront Beat Waterfront Beat is a BBC television police procedural drama series, broadcast between 6 January 1990 and 20 February 1991. The series follows the work of a group of police detectives stationed in the Liverpool docks. The series was created by writer Phil Redmond, famed for his work on Channel 4 soap ""Brookside"". The series was highly regarded as the BBC's first attempt to rival ""The Bill"", following a similar weekly format to the ITV counterpart. A total of sixteen episodes were broadcast over the course of two series. The programme featured a large ensemble cast, with John"
"pursue the idea at the time due to his production commitments with another successful television drama serial, ""Brookside"". In the early 1990s UK television broadcaster Channel 4 sought ideas from independent production companies for a serial to be aimed at a teenage audience. At this point Redmond explored the earlier suggestions made to him, developed the theme and pitched it to the broadcaster as ""The Teenage Soap"". He felt that there was a need for a home-grown British counterpart to the imported serials then being aired by other UK broadcasters and which targeted the teenage audience, such as ""Home and"
"Doctors and Nurses (TV series) Doctors and Nurses is a British television sitcom written by Nigel Smith and Dr. Phil Hammond, focusing on the fraught relationship between two orthopaedic surgeons, set in a hospital on the Isle of Wight. It starred Adrian Edmondson, Mina Anwar and David Mitchell, and aired six episodes on BBC One from 13 January to 17 February 2004. The series was neither a critical nor commercial success, and did not return for a second series. Edmondson did go on to play a similar doctor role in the non-comic hospital drama ""Holby City"". Phil Hammond appeared as"
"The fragrance has been available from The Perfume Shop and Superdrug from 30 September 2008 and also includes a shampoo. Hollyoaks Hollyoaks is a British soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the Channel 4 soap ""Brookside"". The programme is set in a fictional suburb of Chester called Hollyoaks, and features a large cast of characters, primarily 16-35 year-olds. The soap is targeted towards an adolescent and young adult audience, and is mostly filmed and produced in Childwall, Liverpool, although nearby locations are sometimes used."
"Brookside Brookside is a British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003. Originally intended to be called ""Meadowcroft"", the series was produced by Lime Pictures (then Mersey Television) and it was conceived by Phil Redmond who also devised ""Grange Hill"" (1978–2008) and ""Hollyoaks"" (1995–present). ""Brookside"" became very successful and was often Channel 4's highest rated programme for a number of years in the mid-1980s and with audiences regularly in excess of nine million viewers. It is notable for"
"version of the Rani is to be featured in BBC-licensed audio dramas by Big Finish Productions beginning with ""The Rani Elite"", which was released in December 2014. In November 2014 Redmond joined Alun Armstrong and William Gaunt in a production of Eugène Ionesco's ""Exit the King"" at the Ustinov Studio in Bath. Redmond was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by her alma mater, the University of St Andrews, in 2000. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to drama. Siobhan Redmond Siobhan Redmond, ( ;"
"Lime Pictures Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. They produce award winning drama and entertainment shows for the international market including ""Hollyoaks"", ""The Only Way is Essex"", ""Geordie Shore"" and ""Free Rein"". The company's first major production was the soap opera ""Brookside"" for Channel 4, which ran from the channel's foundation in 1982 until 2003, when it was taken off air due to declining ratings. A 3-part spin-off ('soap bubble') of ""Brookside"" was produced in November 1987 called ""Damon and Debbie"". In"
"him as having ""a face like a seal"". Rory Finnigan Rory ""Finn"" Finnigan is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks"", played by James Redmond. He first appeared in 1997 before leaving in 2002, after playing the character for 5 years. He left to return to his previous life before his time in ""Hollyoaks"" village. Finn returned for the sixth series of ""Hollyoaks Later"". ""Hollyoaks"" celebrated twenty years on air in October 2015, with Redmond reprising his role for the celebrations. In October 2017, ""Hollyoaks"" confirmed that Finn was returning at Christmas. Finn returned on 14"
"later, to be replaced by Gareth Philips. Emma Smithwick later replaced Philips in autumn 2011. In late-September 2012, it was announced that Bryan Kirkwood would be returning to ""Hollyoaks"", replacing Emma Smithwick. The programme celebrated its twentieth anniversary on Channel 4 in October 2015. By the 2000s, ""Hollyoaks"" had developed a substantial fan base and was seen as a vibrant, modern and young person's soap. In 2002, creator Phil Redmond considered withdrawing his programme from airing, after Channel 4 axed his other soap opera ""Brookside"". However, ""Hollyoaks"" continued to air on the channel, and by 2007, critics were noting that"
"Neil Edmond Neil Edmond ( b. 13 January 1970 Shrewsbury, England) is a British actor and comedy writer. Neil was a member of the comedic sketch trio The Consultants, alongside James Rawlings and Justin Edwards. In 2002 they won the Perrier award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Consultants went on to record four series for BBC Radio 4 between 2002 and 2005. He wrote and performed radio sitcom ""Knocker"" for BBC 7's and contributed to two series of Bigipedia. In 2012 he appeared as beleaguered emergency architect Mike Whitaker in Twenty Twelve. Edmond has also been"
"Neil Edmond Neil Edmond ( b. 13 January 1970 Shrewsbury, England) is a British actor and comedy writer. Neil was a member of the comedic sketch trio The Consultants, alongside James Rawlings and Justin Edwards. In 2002 they won the Perrier award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Consultants went on to record four series for BBC Radio 4 between 2002 and 2005. He wrote and performed radio sitcom ""Knocker"" for BBC 7's and contributed to two series of Bigipedia. In 2012 he appeared as beleaguered emergency architect Mike Whitaker in Twenty Twelve. Edmond has also been"
"element of comedy. Comments made by television critics early in its run regarding their view that there was too much emphasis on humour caused the programme's creator and executive producer. Phil Redmond, to introduce issue-led storylines which highlighted the taboo issues faced by teenagers. Jo Hallows, who took over from Redmond, continued this strategy by using plots such as male rape and self-harm. She was replaced briefly by David Hanson and then Bryan Kirkwood was appointed to the role. Kirkwood made substantial changes to the cast and the programme looked at issues such as homosexuality, HIV and domestic violence. During"
"name of the school in another Redmond creation, the ""Channel 4"" soap opera ""Brookside"" (1982–2003). ""Grange Hill"" was originally conceived by ATV writer Phil Redmond, who first approached various television companies with the idea in 1975, unsuccessfully. In 1976, he managed to sell the idea to the BBC, and the children's drama executive Anna Home commissioned an initial series of nine episodes in a trial run, the first being broadcast on 8 February 1978. From the start, the series caused controversy for its real-life, gritty portrayal of school life, which differed from the idealised portrayals of earlier school dramas. Redmond"
"Hollyoaks Hollyoaks is a British soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the Channel 4 soap ""Brookside"". The programme is set in a fictional suburb of Chester called Hollyoaks, and features a large cast of characters, primarily 16-35 year-olds. The soap is targeted towards an adolescent and young adult audience, and is mostly filmed and produced in Childwall, Liverpool, although nearby locations are sometimes used. Beginning with a cast of seven major characters in 1995, the serial has approximately 65 main cast members today. ""Hollyoaks"""
"Siobhan Redmond Siobhan Redmond, ( ; born 27 July 1959) is a Scottish actress, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and known for various stage, audio and television roles. Originally from Tollcross, Glasgow, Redmond attended Park School for Girls in Glasgow's West End. She studied English at St Andrews University and was said to have been 'discovered' by playwright Liz Lochhead while performing in a student Mermaids society production written by Marcella Evaristi. She undertook a one-year postgraduate year at the Bristol Old Vic. Her first television appearances were in the early 1980s, the first of these being in"
"Kat & Alfie: Redwater Kat & Alfie: Redwater (also called Redwater in Ireland), is a British–Irish co-production television drama series broadcast on RTÉ One and BBC One. It was created by Dominic Treadwell-Collins as a six-part series based on the characters Kat Moon, played by Jessie Wallace, and Alfie Moon, played by Shane Richie, from the soap opera ""EastEnders"". The series is set in the fictional Irish village of Redwater, where the residents are hiding a dark secret, and features an ensemble cast. ""Redwater"" is a co-production between the BBC and Element Pictures, with Victoria Wharton serving as producer. It"
"often been commissioned from independent producers as well as being made in-house. ""Grange Hill"" switched to independent production after twenty-five years as an in-house programme in 2003, when production was taken over by Mersey Television, the company established by the programme's creator Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. Co-productions with foreign broadcasters are also common, with BBC Scotland's successful 2004 fantasy drama ""Shoebox Zoo"" being made in collaboration with the Canadian company Blueprint Entertainment. As of 2005, the BBC continues to broadcast children's drama, usually in the weekday afternoon CBBC slot, but also occasional Sunday early evening / late afternoon"
"opera, written by Poul Ruders, with a libretto by Paul Bentley. It premiered at the Royal Danish Opera in 2000, and was staged in 2003 at London's English National Opera and the Minnesota Opera. A television series by Bruce Miller began airing on the streaming service Hulu in 2017. The first season of the show earned eight Emmy's in 2017, including Outstanding Drama Series. Season two premiered on April 25, 2018, and it was announced on May 2, 2018 that Hulu had renewed the series for a third season. Atwood appears in a cameo in the first episode as one"
"on 19 November 2018. Grange Hill Grange Hill is a British television children's drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began its run on 8 February 1978 on BBC1, and was one of the longest-running programmes on British television when it ended its run on 15 September 2008. It was created by Phil Redmond who is also responsible for the Channel 4 dramas ""Brookside"" and ""Hollyoaks""; other notable production team members down the years have included producer Colin Cant and script editor Anthony Minghella. After 30 years, the show was cancelled in 2008 as it was felt by"
"seven properties housed administration, postproduction and canteen facilities for the cast and crew. Phil Redmond was particularly enthusiastic about purchasing an entire 'close' of houses, partly as a means of achieving the desired realism of ""Brookside"", but also in order to maintain total control of his creation. ""Brookside"" had a smaller ensemble cast than other soaps, eventually focusing on six households. The early cast featured just 16 characters and it would be a full 12 months before the six houses in Brookside Close became fully occupied. This was intentional, as Redmond wanted to reflect the pace of real life 'new-build'"
"Michael Redmond (comedian) Michael Redmond (born October 1950) is an Irish stand-up comedian from Blackrock, Dublin, known for playing Father Stone in the ""Father Ted"" episode ""Entertaining Father Stone"". He has a deadpan style of delivery and has been described as the ""possessor of comedy's most mournful moustache"". Redmond began his career as a writer for Irish radio and television, before moving to London and launching a successful stand-up career in 1987. His live show ""Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus"" was adapted for a BBC Radio 4 series, but scrapped on the decision of the station's new Scottish Catholic controller."
"a neurosurgeon in episode three. Roy Glover - Adrian Edmondson George Banatwala - Madhav Sharma Toby Stephens - David Mitchell Lucy Potter - Abigail Cruttenden Zita Khan - Mina Anwar Walt - Geoffrey McGivern Tara Cummings - Susan Earl Flapper - Steven Alvey Stumpy Yates - Joanna Scanlan Doctors and Nurses (TV series) Doctors and Nurses is a British television sitcom written by Nigel Smith and Dr. Phil Hammond, focusing on the fraught relationship between two orthopaedic surgeons, set in a hospital on the Isle of Wight. It starred Adrian Edmondson, Mina Anwar and David Mitchell, and aired six episodes"
"television producer Aaron Spelling in """", a fictionalized television movie based on the creation and behind the scenes production of ""Dynasty"". Hammond is a writer for Australian television, having written both the miniseries ""A Difficult Woman"" and the TV movie ""Secret Men's Business"". In 2009, he made his directing debut with ""Lying Cheating Bastard"", a play he co-wrote with magician James Galea. Hammond married Laura Soli in 1980, and the couple were divorced in 1984. He moved to Australia in the mid-1980s and now lives in Sydney, with the Australian actress Robyn Nevin. He has remained close friends with his"
"drama ""Casualty"", which he joined in 2003. Redmond remained on the show for five years until he quit in 2008, the character's final episode airing 18 October. In 2010, he appeared on ""Come Dine with Me"" with soap stars Adele Silva, Lorraine Chase and Brian Capron. Since then, Redmond has made a move into stand-up comedy, committing to an 18-month apprenticeship on the open-mic circuit, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2011. Redmond joined the cast of ITV soap ""Emmerdale"" at the end of February 2014. Redmond joined ITV soap ""Coronation Street"" in January 2015 for a three-week"
"Holding On (TV series) Holding On is an eight-part British television drama series, created by screenwriter Tony Marchant, that first broadcast on BBC2 on 8 September 1997. The series follows the life of a seemingly unconnected group of people living in London, whose lives are strangely affected by the murder of a young woman in the city. While some of the group are able to take a newfound hope from the remains of the tragic event, others including food critic Gary Rickey (Phil Daniels) simply watch on as despair begins to unravel in the light of the aftermath. Proving popular"
"Robin Redbreast (TV play) Robin Redbreast is a ""Play for Today"" (BBC) about pagan rural customs and their interaction with modern society, transmitted on 10 December 1970 on BBC1. It was directed by James MacTaggart. After she's dumped by her boyfriend, BBC script editor Norah Palmer (Anna Cropper) leaves her friends Jake (Julian Holloway) and Madge (Amanda Walker) in London and moves to the house that she'd bought with her boyfriend in the countryside in Southern England. Norah finds the village people strange but endearing, notably Mrs. Vigo (Freda Bamford), a busybody housekeeper; Mr. Fisher (Bernard Hepton), a historian; Mr."
"Rory Finnigan Rory ""Finn"" Finnigan is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks"", played by James Redmond. He first appeared in 1997 before leaving in 2002, after playing the character for 5 years. He left to return to his previous life before his time in ""Hollyoaks"" village. Finn returned for the sixth series of ""Hollyoaks Later"". ""Hollyoaks"" celebrated twenty years on air in October 2015, with Redmond reprising his role for the celebrations. In October 2017, ""Hollyoaks"" confirmed that Finn was returning at Christmas. Finn returned on 14 December 2017 before departing on 5 March 2018."
"Michael Ferguson (director) Michael Ferguson (born 14 June 1937) is a British script writer, television director and television producer. Ferguson was executive producer of the BBC soap opera, ""EastEnders"" between 1989 and 1991. He was responsible for the introduction of two of the soap's most popular and long-running characters, Phil and Grant Mitchell, in 1990. He also directed and produced ITV's popular police drama ""The Bill"", and directed four serials of the BBC's science fiction series ""Doctor Who"" between 1966 and 1971. Ferguson started his career as an actor, before moving into directing. He began directing for the BBC in"